Market conditions have already softened since the end of the stamp duty holiday in March.

Less than half of UK homebuyers are confident that Labour will deliver on its pledge to deliver more homes.

The average first-time buyer deposit in England is £69,000 vs. £22,800 for shared ownership.

Around 90,000 UK properties are owned by anonymous companies, worth over £100 billion.

Bola Anike, mortgage and insurance broker at Elmgrove Financial Services, says lenders' strict criteria are locking first-time buyers out of the housing market.

The total paid so far this year is £8bn – an 21% increase on the £6.6bn paid in the same period last year.

The North East was the English region with the highest house price inflation, at 7.8%.

Rob Oliver, distribution director at Dudley Building Society, says lender criteria around gifted deposits must reflect the real world, where older relatives are often a vital part of...

Buyer demand and agreed sales fall back into negative territory, with the sales outlook flat for the near-term.

Other criteria updates include changes around capital raising and simultaneous completion.